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Great results have been achieved by Munson and Jaeger, 

 in producing crosses between native varieties and hy- 

 brids of native and foreign origin. They are very prom- 

 ising, but have not been tried long enough to become 

 fully established. The veteran John Burr, of Leaven- 

 worth, Kansas, produced many new varieties, some of 

 which promise to be permanent memorials of his active 

 usefulness as a horticulturist. There are many others 

 who are entitled to the grateful consideration of grape 

 growers for their ceaseless endeavors to promote the cul- 

 ture of our native grapes. The results of their^ efforts 

 are already seen in the increased success and confidence 

 which attend the business of grape growing and the large 

 increase of the area devoted to it. 



Under the circumstances it does not seem advisable to 

 designate a list of varieties from the almost countless 

 numbers recommended in the catalogues of nurserymen, 

 but only to enumerate a few of the established varieties 

 which hold their position in public favor, and a selection 

 of newer varieties "promising well." It seems useless, 

 if not preposterous, to publish a list of nearly a hundred 

 varieties, as a firm has recently done, for the mere pur- 

 pose of "giving the public the most complete list ever 

 published." Such a list only serves to "make confusion 

 more confounded," and be more likely to mislead than 

 to help growers to make proper selections. 



A few of the older varieties retain their ground and 

 are regarded as standard. They are so well known that 

 it is needless to describe them here. Persistent spray- 

 ing and intelligent care have greatly increased the health 

 and hardiness, and added to the prospect of success, 

 of many varieties formerly regarded as too tender or too 

 liable to disease for successful cultivation. The follow- 

 ing are well tried and generally known, viz. : Catawba, 

 Concord, Cynthiana, Delaware, Elvira, Goethe, Herbe- 

 mont, Herbert, Lady, Lindley, Martha, Norton's Vir- 



